JAN WILEY | Artist
Current Employment
Design & Communications Director– Mission San Luis (Living History Museum) 2009-Present
Previous Employment
Senior Museum Exhibit Designer – Synergy Design Group 2001-2008
(Designer and illustrator for cultural history and natural science exhibits)
Design Supervisor/Museum Exhibit Designer/Artist – Museum of Florida History 1992-2000
Free-lance Illustrator & Designer - Clients Locally & Nationally
Also: Graphic Artist, Art Instructor, Art Lecturer, and Art Workshop Leader
Education
BA with HONORS in Visual Art 1978
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
Visual Communications Certificate 1984
Mirror Lake Tomlinson Education Center St. Pete, FL
Art Media
Graphite, scratchboard, and colored-pencil drawings.
Painting/collage/constructions in a variety of media including encaustic.
Awards (Fine Art)
Art in Gadsden Honorable Mention 2007
Judge - Mark Messersmith, Florida State University
Raymond James Invitational Show Merit Award 1984
Judge - Richard Madigan, Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
Raymond James Invitational Show Second (2-D) 1982
Judge - Peter Morrin, Atlanta High Museum
Festival of States Juried Show Merit Award 1981
Judge - Richard Madigan, Norton Gallery
Eckerd College Library Painting Contest First (Painting) 1978
Awards (Exhibit and Graphic Design)
American Graphic Design Award
Elliott Museum Capital Campaign 2008
American Graphic Design Award
World War II Traveling Exhibit 2006
American Graphic Design Award
Nashville Zoo Interpretive Signage 2004
UniSource Paper Company First Place
Card Design Contest 2000
Southeastern Museums Conference First Place
Curator’s Committee Exhibit Award 1999
Southeastern Museums Conference Gold Award
Poster Design 1993
Tomlinson Visual Communications Portfolio Contest First Place
Judges - Community Art Directors 1984
Selected Fine Art Exhibitions
PEEP: Pop Up Art Show - Invitational
Ivory Tower Collective Tallahassee, FL 2014
Artist’s League Annual Show - Juried
MoFA Florida State Univ. Tallahassee, FL 2013/2014
Art in Gasden Annual Show - Juried
Gasden Arts Center Quincy, FL 2007
Eckerd College Alumni Show - Juried
Arts Center St. Petersburg, FL 2004
Jan Wiley & Irene Trakas – Two-person Show
Elliot Gallery, Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL 1996
Southern Women - Invitational
LeMoyne Art Foundation Tallahassee, FL 1994
Creatrix - Invitational
Space Gallery Tallahassee, FL 1994
Creative Tallahassee - Juried Show
City Hall Gallery Tallahassee, FL 1992
Lives Converging - Three-person Show
Wright Art Center, Delta State University , Cleveland, MS 1991
Cultural Resources - Juried
621 Gallery Tallahassee, FL 1991
Jan Wiley, Michael Irizarry, Charles Woodbery
621 Gallery Tallahassee, FL 1990
Unspoken Themes - Solo Show
Albany Museum of Art Albany, GA 1989
Contradictions: Selected Works - Invitational
The Warehouse Tallahassee, FL 1988
WFSU-TV Festival of the Arts - Juried
Tallahassee, FL 1988
Figure Alternatives - Juried
The Warehouse Tallahassee, FL 1987
No Middle Ground - Solo Show
UnderLying Gallery Atlanta, GA 1987
Pensacola National Figure Exhibition - Juried
Visual Arts Gallery PJC, Pensacola, FL 1987
Artists’ League Exhibition - Juried
Florida State U. Gallery Tallahassee, FL 1986-89
Southern Changes - Juried
City Hall Gallery Tallahassee, FL 1985/1986
1985 Tampa Triennial - Juried
Tampa Museum Tampa, FL 1985
WCA Closet Art - Juried
Soho South Contemporary Art Gallery Safety Harbor, FL 1984
Parade of Prizewinners Invitational
Long Boat Key Arts Center Long Boat Key, FL 1984
Portraits & Self-Portraits Invitational
Elliot Gallery, Eckerd College St. Pete, FL 1983
Painting Southeast - Miriam Shapiro, Juror
Florida Gulf Coast Arts Center Belleair, FL 1983
Art Harvest - Juried
Outdoor Juried Show Dunedin, FL 1982/1983
The Raymond James Invitational Show
Raymond James & Associates St. Pete, FL 1982-84
Four Fiber Artists
Lynch Gallery, SPJC St. Pete, FL 1982
Mainsail Arts Festival
Outdoor Juried Show St. Pete, FL 1982-84
The Two Centers Show - Juried
USF Bayboro Gallery St. Pete, FL 1981-84
The New Self-Portraiture - Juried
Artist Alliance Gallery Tampa, FL 1980
Solo Show - Invitational
Municipal Gallery St. Petersburg, FL 1978